Biotech Blog

I recently gave a talk on educating the next generation of biotechnology managers and founders at a biotechnology education workshop. My sense is that the traditional education paths are not ideal ways to prepare individuals to manage or start biotechnology companies, and I describe cases from Best Practices in Biotechnology Education and courses I have [...]

I will be giving a talk on Educating the Next Generation of Biotechnology Founders and Managers at Pittcon in Orlando on March 1st.
The talk will be based on my observations in writing  Building Biotechnology and editing Best Practices in Biotechnology Education, in addition to the teaching I’ve done on the topic. I’ll be posting my [...]

I’m giving a talk at Pittcon on biotechnology training this spring. As many readers know, I have been very active in biotechnology education through my books and the classes I teach. So, I’ve got a strong sense of the supply-side of biotechnology education and training, and the academic side of biotechnology education, but would like [...]

Moira Gunn’s Tech Nation interview of Jeremy Abbate and I on the Scientific American worldView project is now available at IT Conversations. For more details, you can also see our video interview and the worldView website.

The January 2010 issue of the Journal of Commercial Biotechnology is now available. The links below will take you to the abstract for each paper:
Volume 16, Issue 1

Time for a new business model? (free full-text)
Yali Friedman
Why data exclusivity is the new patent protection
Peter Pitts
Follow-on biologic drug competition – No need for new marketing exclusivities
Michael S [...]

I am honored to have been selected for the 2009 Kyoto Prize Journalism Fellowship, offered by Point Loma Nazarene University.
This fellowship will allow me to attend the Kyoto Prize Ceremony, laureate lectures and workshops, and associated functions. The Kyoto Prize is one of the world’s most prestigious awards given to those who have [...]

The October 2009 issue of the Journal of Commercial Biotechnology is now available. The links below will take you to the abstract for each paper:
Volume 15, Issue 4

Intellectual property and biotechnology innovation: To protect or not protect? (free full-text)
Yali Friedman
The correlation between medical tourism and biotechnology
David G Vequist IV and Erika Valdez
The VC manifesto: Special [...]

My most recent editorial in the Journal of Commercial Biotechnology, “The impact of the global financial crisis on biotechnology development,” examines the response of governments around the world to their investments in biotechnology and healthcare innovation. It is a theme that I also raised in the Scientific American WorldVIEW. The bottom line is: despite economic [...]

The July 2009 issue of the Journal of Commercial Biotechnology is now available. The links below will take you to the abstract for each paper:
Volume 15, Issue 3

Editorial: The impact of the global financial crisis on biotechnology development (free full-text)
Yali Friedman
Can genetic engineering prevent food-poisoning?
Henry Miller
Maturation of the biotechnology industry changes job opportunities for scientists
Helen [...]

Here is a recent keynote I gave for the Delaware Valley Innovation Network. The group is working on coordinating the activities of community colleges — and other parties –  between the adjacent Delaware, Philadelphia, and New Jersey regions. My objective was to use case studies to show that drawing circles around regions to count combined [...]